Will Hamas Seize the Moment?
By Stuart Littlewood – London Can the resistance exploit the fake talks, re-position itself and finally ‘come good’? Hamas ‘vows to step up attacks on Israel’, say reports in the western media. Reading further, we […]
Month: September 2010
Israel Approves New Army Chief
The Israeli cabinet has approved the appointment of Major-General Yoav Galant as the new chief of the country’s armed forces. Galant’s endorsement for the military’s top job comes less than two years after he directed […]
Towards a New Public Diplomacy
By Jim Miles Toward a New Public Diplomacy – Redirecting U.S. Foreign Policy. Ed. Philip Seib. Palgrave MacMillan, New York. 2009. This collection of essays could be summed up in one word: image. Other words […]
Barak Seals Russian Defence Deal
Russia and Israel have signed a military co-operation agreement, according to the defence ministers of the two countries. Anatoly Serdyukov, the Russian defence minister, and his visiting Israeli counterpart, Ehud Barak, did not reveals details […]
Boycotting Ariel: Missing the Forest for the Trees
By PACBI Provoked by the recent announcement of the inauguration of a cultural center in Ariel, the fourth largest Jewish colony in the occupied Palestinian territory, 150 prominent Israeli academics, writers, and cultural figures have […]
Arab League Doubts Israel Intentions
The Arab League chief has questioned intentions of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during direct talks with the Palestinian Authority. "Let us see what kind of compromise Netanyahu is offering, we have never heard from […]
‘Israeli Cities in Hezbollah Rocket Range’: Oren
Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren says "every city in Israel" is within the range of Hezbollah resistance movement’s rockets. "Hezbollah today now has four times as many rockets as it had during […]
UN Flotilla Team Ends Query in Jordan
The United Nations officials have finished the Jordan part of the world body’s investigation into Israel’s recent attack on a Gaza-bound aid convoy. Israel’s May 31 attack targeted the Freedom Flotilla aid convoy, carrying relief […]
On the Way to Washington: Damage Control
By Uri Avnery A Dutch journalist asked me last Wednesday to try and divine the thoughts of Binyamin Netanyahu on his way to Washington. It seems that she was satisfied with the results, because she […]
‘Settlement Expansion to Continue’
Even with the renewal of reconciliation talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Jewish settlers say they will continue their activities in the occupied land. On Thursday the director of the settler group, YESHA council, […]
Behind the Israeli Wall: A Lesson in Reality
By Ramzy Baroud Writers often romanticize their subjects. At times they even manipulate their readers. A book – or any piece of writing for that matter – is meant to provide a sense of completion. […]
‘Lebanese President Spied on by Israel’
Israel agents have spied on Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, Beirut says in a complaint filed with the UN about Israeli spy rings. The country’s ambassador to the United Nations, Nawaf Salam, delivered the complaint to […]
Palestinians Skeptical over Direct Talks
Benjamin Netanyahu Palestinian officials express skepticism over the so-called reconciliation talks underway in Washington, citing the Israeli side’s poor record in living up to its promises. Palestinian sources expressed doubts regarding Israel’s sincerity, hours after […]
Palestinians, Christians and Politics of Compassion
By Dallas Darling Even now as Presbyterian leaders prophetically issue statements calling for the U.S. to end its military aid to Israel unless Tel Aviv stops it settlement activities in occupied land that belongs to […]
Israel Invades Gaza on 1st Day of Talks
Israel carries out an incursion into the Gaza Strip on the first day of the renewed reconciliation talks between Tel Aviv and the Palestinian Authority (PA). "Few hours ago, Israeli tanks and bulldozers entered the […]
Moral Interventionism, Labour and Miliband
By Gilad Atzmon – London Millions of ballot papers have been sent out yesterday to those eligible to vote in the Labour leadership election. Symbolically enough, this happened the day Tony Blair, the British PM […]
Obama Backs Security for Israel
Barack Obama, the US president, has met with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders to launch a series of meetings aimed at restarting direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Obama and Binyamin Netanyahu, the […]
Mitchell’s Quick-fix Fake Peace
By Stuart Littlewood –London On the eve of the silliest peace talks in history, the big question is this. What makes Obama’s envoy George Mitchell, a negotiator of high repute, say there is ‘no role’ […]
Claim for Native Title Threatens Jewish State
By Jonathan Cook – Hura, the Negev Nuri al Uqbi’s small cinderblock home in a ramshackle neighbourhood of Hura, a Bedouin town in Israel’s Negev desert, hardly looks like the epicentre of a legal struggle […]
Secret Abbas-Barak Talks in Jordan
Acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas has secretly met with Israeli defense minister amid warnings at home against resuming direct talks with Israelis. Abbas held talks with Ehud Barak on Sunday during a clandestine meeting […]
MK: Israeli Troops Came to Kill Activists
Israeli-Arab Knesset member Hanin Zuabi A member of the Knesset has testified before a UN panel probing the Tel Aviv attack on a Gaza-bound aid convoy, saying Israeli troops boarded the ship intending to kill. […]
Palestinians Dissatisfied with Labour Law Changes
Recent amendments to Lebanese law grant work permits to Palestinians in the private sector, and some welfare benefits, and are an important step in the right direction, according to the UN’s agency for Palestinian Refugees […]
Israeli Group Distorting Wikipedia Info
An Israeli organization intends to ‘revise’ Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, based on "national and ethnic interests" of the Zionists. Wikipedia has turned into a key source of information for Israeli citizens. The ever-increasing popularity of […]
The Real ‘Crisis’: Yale’s Pro-Israeli Conference
By Stephen Lendman On August 25, Yale University ended a three day global anti-Semitism ‘crisis’ conference promoting the notion that Israeli criticism is "anti-Semitic," no matter how justified. Boola boola, for shame, mighty Yale displaying […]
